and cubs both well-known for heartbreak, about to step on one of baseball's biggest stages, the mets came home from los angeles this morning and arrived at citi field after a long flight. no workout today. back to the ballpark tomorrow. the cubs did work out this afternoon. they've been waiting for a couple days to get this going. the series with the daughters went the full five games. ended late last night with a mets victory and a celebration in the clubhouse. nothing out of hand because the mets know as well as anybody, there's still work to be done. the two managers used to work together with the angels. >> we became very good friends. i'm slide on him a lot. obviously has become extremely successful. i'm happy for him and proud of him. >> he's got a great mind. we laugh together, we work together, i'm happy for his success. >> the baseball season is extended. there are more games to play. nlcs is up next and now to a fan base which for years has taken every met loss personally.

these fans take last night's victory personally. how many times did you hear, we won, today? reporter anthony johnson spend a moment with them. anthony? >> reporter: we talked to a lot of fans today. they are happy. looking forward to tomorrow night's game against the cubs. by this time tomorrow the place will be filling, electricity will be in the air as things come in, take a look around, it looks beautiful inside. you can see it's all setup for tomorrow night's national league championship game. the mets take on the cubs and everything chicago. when it comes to a difference between the big apple and windy city, you only have to look at the pizza dough. chicago is a deep dish town where pizza is kind of sloppy, has a thick crust topped with traditional favorites. it's the kind of pizza that can slow a team down. new york has pizza that has a thinner crust easy to walk with. allowing players to be lighter

on their feet. here in new york, you can get both. it's a matter of taste. >> the big difference is the way we later each ingredient. >> reporter: the cities also have battled over towering buildings. chicago has the willis tower and new york has one world trade. when it comes to baseball, the mets have two championships and cubs have been waiting since 1908. a harder line up to face. the dodger lineup never scared you. no one puts the ball out of the park. the cubs have to keep the ball down. >> reporter: mets fans rushed out to buy all their favorite skier. right after last night's big victory in los angeles. and they are ready for the next round. >> they played hard, confident, did what we had to do. >> reporter: of course back in 1969 when the mets took on the cubs, a black cat walked across the field, toward the cubs dugout at that time and the cubs

went on to lose that series. so starting tomorrow night we are going to pull out the black cat. all you cubs fans, i simply say, wow. -- meow. >> game one of the nlcs, night. >> we can't wait. aj has always been a cool cat but nothing like that. mayor de blasio winning a bet on the mets win. he learned of the mets victory, he made sure to tweet mayor garcetti of l.a., this picture of the mike piazza jersey he will have to wear on a movie set as part of a bet they made a while ago. also warning run emmanuelle he's next. just on tour, he already responded tweeting this afternoon if chicago wins, he wants a donation by de blasio to intelligence organization. plus chicago's best pizza and

-- giordanos. expanding extra subway trains to make sure everyone gets to the stadium to cheer on the mets. a reminder, channel 7 is your station for the mets road to the world series. stay with us at abc7ny for complete coverage. turning to the other news of the night, off-duty nypd officer in the hospital after she was stabbed in the neck. it happened in cunningham park in queens. kristin thorne is at the scene with the very latest. >> reporter: the officer has been on the force for the past 14 years assigned to the manhattan south area. now recovering at north shore university. just for observation. i want to show you at cunningham park the bathroom back here the alleged assault happened. police say a woman assaulted this officer while she was trying to rob her of her purse. >> she reported she was cut in

the neck on the left side. by a sharp object. >> reporter: police say the victim was walking her dog in cunningham park around 2:00 this afternoon when a woman came up behind her around a restroom and tried to take her purse. a struggle ensued, police say the 50 a -- 55-year-old suspect's last the officer in the throat. >> we did recover a pair of scissors in the area. we are unclear whether or not those were used. and we are continuing the search at this point. >> reporter: a parks worker nearby heard the officer screamed and ran to help. >> parks department employee watched the subject flee. was able to provide a description. and when the subject was apprehended, that employee made a tentative i.d. but we're not going to rely wholly on that at this point. >> reporter: officers located a woman meeting the suspect description inside the park. she has been taken in for questioning.

jill perez was around the bathroom at the time and saw the officer right after she was attacked. >> she was on the phone and saying, a cop got stabbed. but she was on the phone with 911 and she was speaking of herself. so at this point we weren't sure what was going on. a few of us -- she was pointing in that direction. so we ended up running towards the parking lot on the other side of the park over there thinking we might encounter the suspect. but she was gone at that point already. >> reporter: the suspect is now being questioned at the 100 seventh precinct. the officer's injuries are being described as minor. live in fresh meadows, kristin thorne, channel 7. a disturbing new details about the mother charged with killing her baby by throwing her 6-month-old out a window. tenisha fearon was licensed to run a day care. she had the license for two years until she let it expire. neighbors say before yesterday

her with their own children. >> i have a granddaughter. she was like, if your daughter needs a place, bring the baby, let me know. >> my children played with her. my grandchildren played with her. >> the other three children, ages four, eight, and 10 were found by police. they were laying naked in a circle, not harmed. those kids in protective custody. a 4-year-old boy found wandering the streets is safe tonight. officers found him walking alone in central avenue early today. police say his mother woke up and realized the boy had walked out. it's not the first time the child has wandered away. police are investigating. new information about a raid on two hotels that were used, police say, has brothels. authorities have ordered both hotels shutdown. officers carried out raids yesterday at the new farrington

two owners and a manager now facing charges including prostitution and falsifying business records. a quick look at wall street right now. stocks posting gains on the final day of trading week. the dow rose 74, the nasdaq added 16, the snp 500 climbed nine. as we continue for this friday night, driver charged in a hit-and-run, wait until you hear what he says after the crash that left a young woman fighting for her life. signs of progress for lamar odom, the hopeful movements his family saw from the former

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an arrest in a hit and run that left a college student in critical condition. now a new twist to the case. >> a young man is an eagle scout and claims he heard a bump as he drove in the city of clifton. he says he looked at the road and didn't see anything behind his car. >> reporter stacey sager has more. >> if he could trade places with her, he would. >> reporter: the attorney for

come forward after a devastating hit and run more than a week ago. he left a 22-year-old senior at montclair state university in critical condition. she had massive internal injuries here in st. joseph's medical center in patterson, where friends and family have not left her side. but they were left begging for answers on eyewitness news last sunday. >> my baby sister is in such critical condition. please come forward. >> saw this in the news. he realized he was involved in this. he's felt horrible ever since. >> reporter: he tells his lawyer he had just pulled out of this mcdonald's parking lot thursday night of last week. he was on his way overnight job. that's when he realized he hit something. >> he knew that he hit something. absolutely. he looked backwards, didn't see anything on the roadway, he continued on, he panicked. >> was he drinking? >> absolutely not.

family put the story of their a witness came forward saying the driver had a dark pickup truck. he has a dark pickup truck. >> six days is a long time he had to think about it. >> if you haven't been in a situation like this, it can be very scary. >> reporter: he didn't answer his door today. he is now charged with leaving the scene of an accident. but free on $30,000 bail. meanwhile, anna's family waits for her to come out of surgery. after enduring more pain then families should have to endure in a lifetime. stacey sager, channel 7 eyewitness news. mayor de blasio visiting israel, plane touching down this morning. he tweeted out this photo from the airport after running into former prime minister tony blair. the mayor will deliver the address to an anti-semitism conference of mayors.

after another day of bloody clashes in israel. palestinian protesters. once the holder -- one soldier stabbed by a member -- disguising himself as a member of the press treated. closed-door testimony about the benghazi attack from a long time staffer. omagh aberdeen -- no word about what abidin said during the questioning today. abidin was also questioned about other topics including clinton's e-mails. hopeful signs from former nba player lamar odom after a medical emergency landed him in the hospital. a spokesperson for the kardashian family says odom opened his eyes and spoke. odom remains hospitalized after he was found unconscious at a brothel on tuesday. today children released a statement thanking the public for their support.

friday night, ever play hooky from work? >> never. >> what was your excuse? a new survey reveals the top excuses and some of the most

have you ever called in sick even though you felt fine? 38% of people did the same thing last year. 62% didn't do it. some excuses workers came up with. 27% said they had a doctors appointment. 26% claimed they needed to relax. >> what? >> 21% said they needed to catch up on sleep. >> what? >> among the more absurd, one worker claimed his grandmother poisoned him. another said he was stuck under a bed.

we will send someone to pick you up. a pet owner claimed her cat was stuck inside her car's dashboard. all of those would go over so well with our manager. >> you wouldn't want to question it. >> comment on that? >> let's be honest. >> i just need to relax. i can't make it in today. >> try that on monday. >> try that, goldberg. it won't work. >> you are on. sounds like we will need gloves this weekend. >> going back into the closet where you got the scarfing to gloves. >> i can find my gloves. i can't make it in. >> we know, bill. >> you can see a beautiful sunset right now, the winds starting to back off a little bit. 35% humidity, the pressure is on the rise. high today 64. 64 degrees our average high, closer to the average low over the weekend.

sunrise and sunset times, a pretty sunset there. so long, 60s. we'll see you again on tuesday. mid-50s tomorrow. tomorrow night, the coolest night since april. first, flakes on sunday north and west, possibility of higher elevations, temperatures bottom out on sunday night into monday morning before we start our recovery. monticello 48, they will be at 28 on saturday night and sunday night, 58 in kingston, a pair of fives in yonkers, long island , upper 50s. 61 in west orange right now. streamlines showing a gusty northwest wind that will relax a little bit tonight but a big factor tomorrow, gusting to near 25 miles per hour. starting of the day with plenty of sunshine, 48, upper 30s, then just like today, clouds will build during the day, at times partly to mostly cloudy. sun comes out, changeable day and turbulence because you have the winds gusting to 25 to 30.

survive the trip from eastern pennsylvania into the poconos. then fall apart. a couple thundershowers with a very dynamic cold front coming through, the first of two. on the first front, mid-50s. second front, barely 50 on sunday, snowing behind the front, over parts of quebec and ontario. temperatures west of hudson bay freezing and below in the teens there earlier in the day. futurecast for tomorrow morning, heavy coat, winds pick up, 36 in monticello, 46 islip. mid-50s at best. we head towards sunday morning, 28 in monticello, freaking -- freezing in newburgh, sunday afternoon, barely 50 in most spots. a couple flurries to the north and west. brisk and cooler tomorrow, making strides for the alzheimer's walk. bundle up and it will be dry, first flex north and west.

sunday 46. seven-day accuweather forecast, upper 30s north and west, tomorrow 56, just a spot shower, mostly dry, citi field tonight -- tomorrow night, 38. still cold on monday but less wind. right back into the 60s if not near 70 by midweek next week. >> very -- airing my secrets on national television or at least locally. rob powers up with mets. >> coming up on eyewitness news got wall-to-wall mets coverage

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but there is a nationwide sting, the cubs haven't won since 1908. they are the sentimental favorites. >> that is west of the hudson river. not much of the country. >> [laughter] >> history has been well- documented. now their immediate future will be intertwined because only one team advances to the world series. mets and cubs ready for citi field tomorrow. the mets book their trip for the championship series by beating the dodgers in five games. who would have guessed daniel murphy's wheels would be big one -- big on this one? murphy also hit a home run, proved to be the run they needed. the mets nailed it down from there, won the series 3-2. the dodgers move over, the mets move on. >> tunnel vision of what we want to accomplish. that is win every series. we've got another series starting on saturday. we've got to win that one. >> we've gotten this team, sincerely cheering for the next guy.

>> able to find a way to get it done. basically murphy and degrom show tonight. >> to be able to celebrate with this organization and the city, it means the world to me. >> after the scene last night at dodger stadium, the mets bused over to citi field, happy just the same. steven matz got some work in. the mets lead -- leave the series behind them, they move on to start tomorrow, matt harvey gets theball. >> big smile on his face. he said i'll be ready. i think it's the right choice. >> taking today and paying attention to their lineup, we've gone over it. i think we're up for the challenge. definitely excited. and we have a lot to bring to the table. >> here is the matchup for game one, citi field, jon lester, while matt harvey gets the ball for the mets. during the regular season, the mets played the cubs seven

times and lost seven times. that was before the mets rework their roster. the cubs did work out at citi field late this afternoon. they beat the pirates in pittsburgh. then beat the cardinals 3-1. now they go after the mets for the national league pennant. >> the mets did a great job. i want to congratulate them. we go way back. it's going to be a great series for baseball. cubs and mets getting together. really excited about it. >> we're with you on that. tonight, game one of the alcs. royals and blue jays. baseball and football through the weekend. finally, it is that time when alliteration runs wild. one game tonight, in the power pigskin. the big game at the meadowlands sunday afternoon, the jets against the 2-3 redskins. the jets are rested, richardson his back, ivory is running the heck out of the ball and

inside. going for their first 4-1 start. here comes the but. they've never lost to the jets on the road. everything. that time is sunday. they've got this. then again, your results may vary. >> very exciting. on the end. monday. >> you have to. >> [laughter] prognosticator. >> let's take a look at what's coming up tonight. a clumsy crook, why this bad guy nearly didn't get away with the stolen cash. plus a woman says her dog saved her life. helping doctors catch a life- threatening disease. those stories and much more tonight. thanks for watching.